• TheBananaKing@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why the hell would you do that?

    Looks like ~4000IU a week is plenty, even with no sunlight exposure.

    You’re looking at like 13x the recommended intake; that’s going to screw up your calcium levels eventually. And the stuff is cumulative, it’s not like eg. vitamin C, which is gone from your system a day later.

    My very strong advice would be don’t.

    If you’ve got a massive deficiency, follow medical advice.

    If you haven’t, then quit fucking with it.

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      1 year ago

      It is for some people. I currently need to take 100k iu/week in order to be on the low end of normal.

      I was on 150k iu, but I had to switch doctors. The new idiot didn’t believe me and just told me take an OTC pill a day.

      I left that guy. The next time I got checked, I was in the single digits. The new one didn’t really believe me either. Each winter visit I’ve been low and she just keeps adding another pill. I suspect I’ll be back up to 150k then.